Very interesting article. Here are a couple of carving quotes I came across. "A great sculpture can roll down a hill without breaking.” Michelangelo You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you’ve lost it.”
Don't overlook the art of letterspacing. Consider Charlotte Howarth's welcome sign at St Paul's. If we take the letters in pairs or groups of three, there seems little logic to the spacing between them. Why, for example, is the R in 'CATHEDRAL' almost touching the A but so far from the D? Yet the inscription as a whole is perfectly balanced.
Very interesting article. Here are a couple of carving quotes I came across. "A great sculpture can roll down a hill without breaking.” Michelangelo You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you’ve lost it.”
— Maya Lin—
Will the Mars Camulus inscription be with us again when the new Museum of London opens?
Good question. Almost certainly, I’d imagine. It’s hugely important, and they’ll have much more space than previously.
Don't overlook the art of letterspacing. Consider Charlotte Howarth's welcome sign at St Paul's. If we take the letters in pairs or groups of three, there seems little logic to the spacing between them. Why, for example, is the R in 'CATHEDRAL' almost touching the A but so far from the D? Yet the inscription as a whole is perfectly balanced.